You will find some amazing projects and ideas anytime you need some inspiration.

Now I will share my project for todays post!

Happiest of Days:

I chose to package up a set of fout cards-4 inches wide X 5 1/4 inches high, in the Disc-Covered DVD template! It makes an amazing card holder! We all know you simply can’t have enough ways to package up your handmade card creations can we?!

I used most of the patterns in the NEW! Spring is Here Pretty Printables Digital Paper on my entire project.

You can design and print then cut a bunch of these for when you need a super fast card, or tag for an occasion. By switching out the image of the sentiment you can create somthing to suit any occasion!

Now here are two more!

Again using the NEW! Spring is Here Pretty Printables Digital Paper, I went with focusing on different colors within the patterns, for a very different, yet coordinated look.

W is for Wonderful

OH! I love this one.

This is a Lauren card 😀 Love the tag, sherbert colors, polka dots, flowers and butterflies.

Have you been looking for some creative ways to package up those CD’s and/or DVD’s? Well you have now not onlyDisc-covereda great new Pretty Packaging template for those items, but many more items as well!

These files were specifically designed deeper so that you can package up a variety of other items!

Additional Ideas to Package:

Video Games for handheld systems and home systems

CD’s

DVD’s

A tie (or two)

Frames

Lollipops

Cookies

Candy

Candles

Items/Outfit for Baby

Lotions/Soaps

Wallet

Set of cards/tags

Gift Cards or Cash

Hand stitched items

Arts & Crafts Gifts

Stamp Sets

Scarves

Photos/Album

Tickets to somewhere special

Jewelry

There are just so many possibilities.

What will youDisc-cover?!

Now the details about my samples 😀

DVD

CD

I designed both to be the same to show you the versatility as well as the ability to package both versions together.

I cut the bases from a charcoal gray cardstock, and my interlocking lid panels in a brick red cardstock.

This is a fabulous tag building starter set, fashioned after those retail tags you see when you make a purchase. The tag included 3 versatile tag toppers. This set was made to perfectly embellish all your Pretty Packages! Combine the tags with any of our other Pretty Impressions images or other sentiments of choice, for an amazing detailed tag that is sure to get their attention!

Sentiments fit across the tag toppers.

Sentiments Include:

Just Because

With Many Thanks

Coffee or Tea?

With lots of love

Birthday Wishes

Let’s Get Together

A Gift For You

You’re So Special

Time with friends

Happiest of days

Surprise!

To:

From:

You’re Priceless (Fits perfectly in the shopping bar code image)

No matter what you write on your tag, it is sure to be the perfect addition to your creations!

You will want to check out our Just Retail Tag Cut File, as it coordinates with this set!

I hope you are excited and ready for all we have to share the next week 😀

I have so much to share, and I think you will be excited to add these new items to your ever growing collection for some outstanding gift giving for all ages. We all know its all about the total package and this month is sure to help you package up some amazing gifts for festivities all year round.

So first up…

Date Night!

(we can all use one of those can’t we?!)

What a great way to surprise someone with a night out (like the Hubby for Father’s Day) or a movie night in 😀

While the inspiration comes from the popcorn style box, but this really is so much more!

Some fun ideas for use:

Popcorn for a movie night

Add tickets or gift certificates for a night out

Spa supplies

Treat box/bag

Party Favors

Add a handle for a fun new look, or “tote” style bag

Use it to create a “flower pot”

Fill with a themed gift for family night, date night, birthday or baby

You get the idea!

Now for more details 😀 Gotta love the details right?

How about that card?

I printed the move theater image from Night at the Moviesonto the corner of my red cardstock base, to create my card. I had print, cut and colored the old fashioned movie camera.

Such an amazing set of images by Sara!

I created my date ticket using images from both the Night at the Movies and About to Pop!Adding a smaller version of the bag of popcorn 😀 I then took the movie board image, and added my own typed information to customize my image and date details.

Using the digital version of the images allows you to easily resize, layer, mirror and customize your images to suit your project needs. I love that. This offers so many more possibilities that your acrylic images. You can manually color, digitally color or both, as I did on my card.

I enlarged the Hot Ticket Cut File, and merged two tickets together to create a ticket shaped card.

As I said I just combined the digital images from both the Night at the Movies andAbout to Pop!sets to create a fun ticket shaped card, used to hold a movie theater gift card, and designed them to fit within the enlarged version of the Hot Ticket Cut File.

Being able to use our Digital images with our Cut Files is an amazing concept. I did a video HERE to show you how easy it is.

That being said, this month we are going all digital!

All our NEW! Pretty Impressions Images we release will be available in Digital format only. We may return to offering the acrylic versions of our images, but for now, our customer majority is Digital, so depending on demand of acrylic, this is how we will proceed throughout the Summer.

I could play with the combination of using the digital version of these images, and cut files all day.

About the stamp sets used in today’s projects:

Making her designer debut is our one and only, Sara Williams! She has designed her first set for MTME called: Night at the Movies which features a realistic take on the star quality of Hollywood Movie Scene. This set is truly amazing, and even has some Pretty Printables Digital Paper to match 😀

Also in our stamp lineup this month, we have a set by both Catherine Doucette and I called About to Pop!This is a cute set of images to help accent all your cards and Pretty Packages, also with Pretty Printables Digital Paper to match.

Are you ready for this is a fantastic set of popcorn themed images and sentiments to complement those perfect occasions when you want to grab a handful of popcorn or give a great gift?? You can use the fabulous ticket images to create your own customized tickets for the perfect occasion or event!

This set includes the following sentiments:

Pop Corn Label Large

Pop Corn Label Small (fits on pop corn box) image

About to pop

With This Ticket

This ticket good for:

_____________

FREE ADMISSION

Admit One

Date Night

POP some FUN

Enjoy!

Fresh

Snacks

Family Time

Music

Movie

Dinner

Caramel

Popcorn

Ticket Stub #- 13526914

Sentiment block: fresh hot buttered popcorn

You will also want to check out the Hot Ticket and Caught on Film Pretty Pieces Cut Files!!

I have received MANY inquiries if this is even possible, and if so, how to go about doing it.

Well as you will see it is easier than ever!

Give it a try 😀

(Items you previewed in this video will be available for purchase August 1st)

Can you imagine all the possibilities with being able to resize BOTH your images and cut files?! Simply amazing. This makes every penny you spend on My Time Made Easy ™ LLC products, stretch even further. I love versatiltiy and knowing I am getting the most from my crafting $.In this economy we need it 😀

This is a fabulous set of 15 sentiments that are sure to convey that perfect message for the father figure in your life! Whether you decide to use these on a card, tag, scrapbook page, or template, these will really add that sentimental touch for that special person.

There are several “dad” and “father” sentiments in this set so that you can pair them up with any of the sentiment verses, or use them by themselves.

Set includes the following sentiments:

Ribbon Award

Circle Sentiment reads: To the world’s most amazing #1 Dad

My Dad-HERO

Dad – written in 3 different fonts/sizes

Father – written in 3 different fonts/sizes

My Father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

Your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.

Someone who wants to catch you before you fall, but instead picks you up, brushes you off and lets you try again

Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.

It is easier for a father to have children, than for children to have a real father.

He didn’t tell me how to live: he lived and let me watch him do it.

Someone who holds you when you cry, scolds you when you break the rules, shines with pride when you succeed, and has faith in you, even when you fail.

I am once again quite late in partaking in the Pretty pattern Sketch Challenge this week, but better late than never right?

I was doing pretty good, but with the last release, kids on vacation and my mom’s surgery, I feel a bit behind the 8 ball.

I needed to create a card for my mom that conveyed the message that I was proud of her, and depsite all the pain she is in, and how tired she is that she just needs to stay focused and keep moving forward!

Isn’t every day Mother’s Day? I mean in some way I know there is always a “moment” that makes me celebrate being a mom. Now that the kids are at the funnest of ages, 6, 8 and 11, they do their own things to make me feel special. I LOVE their handmade cards, poems, and gift ideas. Jay and I always make the kids pick out their own gifts, and its really cute to see what their idea of what they want you to have is 😀

Well I’m going to keep this brief because I have the day planned for me 😀 I want to enjoy my children and I hope you enjoy yours (or your own mother,grandchildren, fur babies!).

I went to see my mom in the hospital yesterday and we arrived home pretty late, so this is a little later than I intended. Sorry about that.

As you all may be aware of, to celebrate the last day of projects, we have a feature called A Year In Review! This is when the team and I all take an older template, stamps, and paper, and make a NEW! project to inspire you.

You all seem to really love this feature, as these projects give you new ways to use older items and give many more fresh ideas. It may help you fall in love or find a product you may have previously overlooked